GRE Word List

AMALGAM

a mixture of different elements

The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.

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nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
jaundiceyellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments
acnea disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
arboretuma place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
quenchput out
appallto overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language